The PV starts out with a sepia toned scene of Koda, who’s playing a woman of early 20th Century America being dumped. It then switches to color and remains that way for the rest of the video. I found the shift to be interesting as it conveyed her past …

I have seen a poem entitled “Footprints in the sand”. And I was able to hear an old version of it. If I am not mistaken, this is a Christian song which speaks about a man having a dream that he was walking with Christ. Then, he faced a …

It has been a while since I have been pleasantly surprised by a musician or a band, which is why I was so happy to discover Florence and the Machine. Much like so many good musicians over the years, Florence Welch hails from the UK and brings …

This is the bands seventh full length album, released in 2006 on Interscope Records with producer Jerry Finn. Prelude 12/21 starts the album off with the song the band used in the Miss Murder video, Kill Caustic is one of the more aggressive songs I have heard from the …

Holiday, the third track of American Idiot, obviously isn’t as complex or developed as the previous track, Jesus Of Suburbia, but is nevertheless a pretty good song in my opinion. I stated in my review of American Idiot that the title track may not be exactly what Green Day …

Lil Wayne’s third album The Carter 3 was the most anticipated rap album of the year. Lil wayne has made himself into one of the biggest rappers in the world. His Carter series albums have been considered classics. Along with his solo albums, his mixtapes are also considered classic …

I’m a proud trekker and have been from the beginning of the Star Trek franchise, so I was happy to add The Best of Star Trek - 30th Anniversary Special CD to my collection in 1996. This CD incorporates music from the then four TV series that belonged …

Waterfalls by TLC is a song that is smooth going and sweet. I like the song because it sooths my mind and is not like other rap songs. The song talks about how guys need to stop chasing after things they are not going to get but waterfalls is …

When I first heard about the American Hero Concert (held this past Saturday), I was interested in attending it. Both because it was at Swan Park, just down the street from me and because I grew up an Army brat and understand the importance in showing both support for …

“Caterpillar March” is the seventh song off of the stellar Kyuss album “Blues for the Red Sun” It is a rather short but powerful song, at only one minute and fifty six seconds in length. Despite being such a short song, “Caterpillar March” musters up more talent that can …

After years of alternative music mixed with country and folk elements, R.E.M. decided to leave their comfort zone and record a grunge album. This was in 1994 and it was a perfect moment for them, because they were a very important band due to their two previous albums. When …

Adam Lambert has recently released an Acoustic Live! EP which consists of five songs he sang during radio performances and during his Glamnation Tour concerts. It is selling on iTunes at USD1.29 per track of USD4.99 for the complete album. I have to say that this album …

Hollywood Undead released their debut album “Swan Songs” in August 2008. It’s hard to describe their music genre, as they pull from so many different styles. They are most commonly referred to as rap rock, but I feel their music goes so beyond that label.
The …

The Sound of Music - The New Broadway Cast Recording CD is from the well known play and movie musical’s return to the stage in New York at the Martin Beck Theater. The year was 1998 and the producers wanted to give the play a fresh go. …

Rascal Flatts is a country band that my sister turned me on to. The first cd of thieirs that I ever purchased was the album entitled “Melt”. This albuim was originally released in October 2002, and I bought it at walmart in the beginning of 2003 for $21.99. …

I first heard this song on the radio, I was not sure what it was called- Today I found out it was this song!! Soo glad about that… this song is incredible. Unlike Jason’s other songs it is not consumed by the whole auto-tuned aspect, it is pure vocals …

Chris Brown’s fourth album “F.A.M.E.”; the title is an acronym which stands for: “Forgiving All My Enemies” or “Fans Are My Everything”. This was a better attempt at an album since his not-so-favorable previous album “Graffiti”.
This album kicks off with the song “Deuces” which was originally from Chris Brown’s …

Approximately 14 years ago in 1995, I had a chance to listen to the album From the Bottom Up by the R&B group Brownstone and I thought that the album was excellent, both from a music standpoint as well as a lyrical standpoint. I thought that all three of …

Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the eighth song on their debut album On Avery Island. Opening up immediately with Magnum’s voice along with a rhythm guitar and drum beat behind him, the song takes on a fairly more aggressive sound than any …

I love A Fire Inside’s Music video for Prelude and Miss Murder. Davey Havok and Jade Pudget are so hot.Davey Havok is a great poet. I love they way he writes he lyrics. The Prelude song is like a lullaby. The girl putting the paper in her mouth, and …

I Want You (She’s So Heavy) is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Abbey Road. I will point out that this is the longest track on Abbey Road and also longer than the average Beatle song as its length is around eight minutes. The song …

Hero Of The Day is a song by Metallica which appears on their album Load. The track starts out with a clean guitar riff which has a very melodic feel to it with Hetfield, Ulrich, and Newsted coming in very lightly on vocals, drums, and bass respectively. The verse …

Overview —“ Turn The Page, Metallica’s cover of Bob Segar’s song, stays somewhat true to the original song but it’s clear that Metallica adds their own heavy touches to the song. I have to say that although Hetfield was praised for his work around the time of The Black …

The first time I heard this one I have no idea about Taylor Swift. I thought it is Vanessa Hudgens singing country song. Speaking of country music, I am not a fan but this is an exception. However, this song sounds like it always puts you to sleep when …

Lil’ Kim ft. Puff Daddy
“No Time”
Hardcore
Atlantic/Bad Boy
In the booming years of Puff Daddy’s record label, Bad Boy Records, he was still putting his marketing niche together and churning out hits together at the same time as he continuously found the new talent and signed them up. By 1996, they …

One of the tracks off of the Appetite for Destruction album that is underrated by many people but known to GNR fans is the song, Mr.Brownstone. This song is a pretty killer track and it has a heavy punch with an average tempo to it. The song starts …

Once again, Muse have dropped their seventh studio album in true Muse style. Beginning with an album cover that re-visits their earlier stylistic approach (similar to albums like ‘Black Holes And Revelations’ and ‘Absolution) through to their musical style that take the listener on a historical journey. Not only …

Flo Rida is a new singer on the scene and one of the songs from his album “Mail on Sunday (2008)” is called Freaky Deaky. He sings this song along with Trey Songz.
The beat of the song is one of a slow and almost but not quite there “romantic” …

I first heard about the group “A Perfect Circle” in my final years of high school. At that time I didn’t consider them as my favorite band, or even one of my favorites. However, I did love the few songs I heard from them which as the time …

Back in 1996, In Flames released ‘The Jester Race’, their most influential album to date, through Nuclear Blast. One year earlier, the two other highlights of the Swedish metal scene, namely At the Gates and Dark Tranquility, came up with their respective ‘Slaughter of the Soul’ and ‘The Gallery’ …

Overview - The Number Of The Beast, Iron Maiden’s third effort and first with vocalist Bruce Dickinson (To replace Paul Di’Anno), merges excellent songwriting with excellent guitarwork. As I ended by last review on Killers by saying on their debut record they had excellent songwriting and on Killers they …

Andy Griggs is one of those country music artists that only have a good song every so often. But he really landed a good one with this one. It’s funny though because the girl he describes in this song kind of descibes me. Anyway, in the song he describes …

80s music had a distinctive sound to it, and no one was more pivotal in the 80’s then Madonna. She first sprang into the spotlight in the early 80s (83 I believe, with her first album) and by mid-80s was a household name. She has produced many albums, but …

I’m just like any other Linkin Park fan; I loved Hybrid Theory and Meteora, I had mixed feelings for Minutes To Midnight, and the other two releases — the names escape me — are forgettable, although some of their songs were catchy enough to be memorable. The Hunting Party, …

A few days ago I bought lovestrong. by Christina Perri on iTunes. Now, I’m a huge Perri fan, so I was destined to like the album, but even so, I like it more than I thought I would. In fact, I’ve bought maybe 20 CDs in the past 12 …

Lucky Ali is one of the good soulful composer than we have in Indipop world. His debut album Sunoh (which means ‘listen’) is a nice collection of melodic songs. There are songs on different subjects, and all of them have been blended beautifully by soulful melodic music. Ali has …

When many people my age hear the name Engelbert Humperdinck, they usually dont know that it is the name of a popular singer, or they might even confuse it with the name of a long dead German composer. However, I have been fascinated with his music for as long …

Overview —“ Head Like A Hole, the second music video and single released by Nine Inch Nails for their debut record Pretty Hate Machine goes in a similar direction as the music video for Down In It, but the execution and the overall is much better with Head Like …

As one of the most popular country music songs between the years 2003 and 2005, the song ‘Sweet Southern Comfort’ by the first ever ‘Nashville Star’ winner Buddy Jewell is one that I will never be able to shake from my mind.
This wonderfully written song follows country music …

Cult TV & Film Themes is a CD compilation of TV and film soundtracks/films. The CD is copyright of Union Square Music Ltd. The songs are mostly orchestral jazz, and funk and pop songs from the 60s and 70s. Some of the songs are the original from the film/TV …

Ten Years After, I’m Coming Home, released in 1996, compilation.
A band that defintelt stands the test of time is Ten Years After. Alvin Lee and company could really belt out the jams. It’s sad that a lot of teenagers into heavier music today don’t realize how important the …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Broken-Hearted Girl”
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Label: Columbia
Director: Sophie Muller
“Broken-Hearted Girl” is the seventh music video and single from Beyonce’s third album titled “I Am… Sasha Fierce”, following “If I Were A Boy”, “Single Ladies (Put a RIng On It)”, “Diva”, “Halo”, “Ego”, and “Sweet Dreams”. “Broken-Hearted Girl” …

Clothes off by gym class heroes is on there album as cruel as school children. This song is four minutes and eleven seconds long and it came out in July twenty seventh two thousand and seven. This song to me is kind of funny because it talks about how …

A Song Dedicated To The Memory Of Stormy The Rabbit is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad which appears on their album People That Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People. What I will say immediately about this track is that although I think the songwriting is just brilliant, …

When Take That made their come back this was one of their first songs and to be fair, having never been a Take That it caught my imagination.
The start with Gary Barlows vocal style and the piano just felt so inspired and straight away I felt as though this …

Lupe Fiesco is a conscious rapper who got his start on ‘Touch the Sky’ by Kanye West. Since then he has been compared to Mos Def and Common and declared one of the most talented artists in Rap today. This is probably because Fiesco chooses to stay away from …

This album was supposedly 15 years in the making and is rumoured to have cost Axl Rose 15 million dollars. There have been stories and rumours about its recording and release ever since Guns’ untimely demise in the first half of the nineties. As a big fan of the …

Aaliyah
“Journey To The Past”
“Anastasia” Original Soundtrack
Atlantic Records
Ah, I’m not so quite sure what they were thinking when they made this video. Don’t get me wrong, Aaliyah does what she does best, it’s just this video that is not ‘at its best’. Is it me or do all music videos …

James Blunt seems to be about one of my favorite singers when it comes to being sad and down, because he can just help me get all of my emotions all out at once. His songs are amazingly accurate, about how most people feel after break ups, extreme hardships, …